Academic Papers

 The 21st Century is emerging as a technologically rich era and technology is affecting various parts of human life. The school education which is an important part of human life also gets affected due to this incumbent technology. The children of this age spend a lot of time in schools and the present day schools have been equipped with ICT equipments. However, the theoretical claims of various govt agencies have to be ascertained by conducting empirical research in a particular area. Therefore, the investigators have taken up a study to know the Availability of ICT in the schools of Telangana State. This is quite an essential study in the formational stage of Telangana state, which is spreading its firm roots in economic, social, educational and other aspects. This paper presents part of a study taken up at a doctoral level, wherein a survey method was adopted to collect data from 600 secondary school teachers. The percentage analysis technique was used to analyse the data obtained f

  Abstract The teacher education programmes have come a long way and the drastic change has been seen, when teacher education regulations 2014 came into force. This has brought into newer areas in which student-teachers and their teacher-educators have to be trained. This training is possible by providing up-to-date information in the form of OER, where OER are openly available to all the stakeholders. The OER sources help teachers to create content, share the same among their peer group, add different multi-media aspects. Hence, new vistas and avenues are created in sharing of academic aspects. The extent of use of OER has been different in different parts of the globe, and as an example attempt could be made to compare the Asian Countries, where it is being used. All such good practices could be reflected in teacher education settings. The websites and digital resources have made such provisions simple and useful. The common OER are being accessed by the learner by using search eng